Active as an Australian Impressionist during the 1880s, the English born Charles Conder arrived in Paris in 1890. A regular in the bars and cafes of Montmatre, Conder established a close friendship with Lautrec. The solitary figure of Conder appears in a state of relaxed bemusement, wearing the blank facial expression of a chronic absinthe drinker.

This work and the one next to it were both preparatory works for the larger painting Aux Ambassadeurs: gens chics. Quick, seemingly unfinished oil sketches of individuals were a typical feature of Lautrec’s creative process.

Active as an Australian Impressionist during the 1880s, the English born Charles Conder arrived in Paris in 1890. A regular in the bars and cafes of Montmatre, Conder established a close friendship with Lautrec. The solitary figure of Conder appears in a state of relaxed bemusement, wearing the blank facial expression of a chronic absinthe drinker.

This work and the one next to it were both preparatory works for the larger painting Aux Ambassadeurs: gens chics. Quick, seemingly unfinished oil sketches of individuals were a typical feature of Lautrec’s creative process.

Active as an Australian Impressionist during the 1880s, the English born Charles Conder arrived in Paris in 1890. A regular in the bars and cafes of Montmatre, Conder established a close friendship with Lautrec. The solitary figure of Conder appears in a state of relaxed bemusement, wearing the blank facial expression of a chronic absinthe drinker.

This work and the one next to it were both preparatory works for the larger painting Aux Ambassadeurs: gens chics. Quick, seemingly unfinished oil sketches of individuals were a typical feature of Lautrec’s creative process.